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About Valley Center Amateur Radio Club
The Valley Center Amateur Radio Club meets the second Tuesday of the month starting at 1900 hours (7:00pm) at our new club-house in Valley Center. The club-house is located at 31525 Larga Vista, Valley Center. Occasionally, the Club will meet on a Saturday instead of Tuesday when special events such as T-hunts, antenna building, and similar activities take place. Please see the Calendar and Upcoming Events page for dates, events, and locations.
Standards and Protocols used by Valley Center ARC
Communications Protocols
Valley Center ARC operates two digital/analog (Yaesu Fusion) repeaters on Palomar Mountain and covers much of San Diego area, including Escondido, Valley Center, La Jolla Reservation, Pala Reservation and, of course, Palomar Mountain. They are at an altitude of 5800 feet. We have added two VARA FM Winlink gateways to our site. A third will be added in San Marcos.
The frequency and PL of the 2 meter repeater is as follows:
Receive frequency: 146.235 MHz
Offset: + 600 KHz
PL (CTCSS): 118.8 Hz
The frequency and ID of the 70 centimeter DMR repeater is as follows:
Receive frequency: 449.9200 MHz
Offset: - 5 MHz
ID: 311129
CC: 1
Slot: 1
The 2 meter SIMPLEX frequencies used are:
146.235 MHz (Repeater Output Frequency)
144.330 MHz
The VARA FM Winlink gateway frequencies used are:
431.070 MHz -- N2DDS-10 (Palumar West)
431.050 MHz -- N2DDS-11 (Palomar East)
431.100 MHz -- N2DDS-12 (San Marcos)
Bandwidth: WIDE or NARROW (9500 or 1200 BAUD)
DC Power Connector Protocols
Valley Center ARC has adopted the standard Anderson PowerPole power connector protocol used by ARES, RACES, ACS, and California OES which is based on the EMC204 DC Connectors Standard. We are keeping with this standard to insure compatibility throughout our organization as well as others. The original OES/ACS Information Bulletin from 1999 can be downloaded HERE.
A PowerPoint presentation on using the Anderson PowerPole system can be found HERE and a PDF summary can be downloaded HERE.
We are continuing to establish our protocols will be placed here as they are developed.